PORT OF KLAIPEDA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title IS, sections 705 and 704. of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
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PLACE ACQUIRED
USSR (Lithuanian SSR)
Port of Klaipeda
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. 21 J,ul;r 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. On 19 September 1953, the Soviet pilot and two guards,wearing olive-green
uniforms, green cap bands, and green collar patches, boarded informant's
ship near Klaipeda leading buoy. The three men spoke good German.
2. Informant noticed a wooden watchtower with a glass-enclosed lookout room,
and a platform with two sentries. The watchtower was located on the south
side of the entrance to the land tongue separating the lagoon. Some
unidentifiable object projected over the railing of the platform. Another
canvas-covered object, which informant believed was a searchlight, was
located at the foot of the watchtower,,
Railroad tracks ran parallel to the river bank between the new harbor
and the'first third.of the north jetty. There were twelve railroad coal
cars, each of which was equipped with a gun and was guarded by a sentry
wearing a blue naval uniform, at the foot of the jetty. The cars were
coupled to a locomotive, painted green, which was at the townward end of
the train. The locomotive was under steam. Informant believed that the
railroad guns were antiaircraft guns of about 100 millimeters, with a barrel
length of about four meters. He believed the guns could also be used
against floating targets. The breechblocks on the guns were fitted at
about shoulder level, and each gun had a gunlayer's seat. Informant
could not determine the purpose of the position of the guns, because no
tracks were observed as far as the head of the jetty. The sea area
could not be observed from the guns. A Lithuanian crane operator stated
that trains of this.type were presently needed for the protection of
railroad lines in the Lithuanian SSR.
4. The three rearmost railroad cars observed near the north jetty had'guns
in square turrets. Their barrels had an estimated length of between 3.5
to 4 meters and their caliber was between 120 and 130 millimeters.
The gun barrels tapered off toward the muzzle and the guns had no muzzle
brakes. A "Dove of Peace" was painted on the side of the guns.
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5. Abo-:.t 500 meters of the emban ent the former .fishing harbor at
Coweups $o is Vitt* had been revetted witii new steet pilings. The
pier vas guarded by several sentries, posted about 5 F-,ere apart;
the uerds wore olive-green uniforms and were acme( wits, s.bmachine
Ave steel-rolled PT beats, about 5 meters ]an! w r.t~ `, r;a.e~,
ai'3! tsi is the pier. `';acts boat was em!ipped with a ,',U to 14i)-, L-,.
on tiie foredeek, and with two torpedo tubes vita muzzles
forward'.. cif boat was g` = '--e by one naval sentry armed with a r:u _ le .
At about 1900 hours on 19 September 1953, the boats aeparteu.
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liberty was granted. This c ve left
white ashes. Some of t1-e longshoremen arc -cane anerators were
Lithuanians, vhu seemed to be rather depresses. They spc ::.: ;ooci
German.,vhen no Soviet was present.
Six naval vessels and a two-masted schooner were tied up to the dolphins
opposite the railroad cars, about one kilometer downstream 'ror:,. the harl,or.,
on the east hank of the river. The vessels were abo' t 25 meter:: Io. ,,
and each one had a light gun with a protective shield or t-,.e J:orec~ :cch.
On the fantail there was a canvas-,~.c,vered drum, about 1. , et .